I Was Only 19 (Live)-John Williamson

[00:00.00] 作曲 : Schumann John [00:00.29]Written by：Schumann John [00:01.45] [00:14.93]Mum and Dad and Danny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal [00:20.32] [00:21.28]It was a long march from cadets [00:23.00] [00:25.63]The sixth battalion was next to tour it was me who drew the card [00:30.01] [00:31.02]We did Canungra Shoalwater before we left [00:34.39] [00:37.05]And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay [00:41.52] [00:42.76]This clipping from the paper shows a youngon' strong and clean [00:47.17] [00:48.41]And there's me with me slouch hat my SLR and greens [00:52.97] [00:53.98]God help me [00:54.97] [00:58.32]I was only nineteen [01:00.32] [01:02.92]From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat [01:07.02] [01:08.11]I'd been in and out of choppers now for months [01:11.72] [01:14.07]We made our tents a home V.B. and pinups on the lockers [01:18.73] [01:19.64]And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub [01:23.06] [01:25.39]And can you tell me doctor why I can't get to sleep [01:30.01] [01:31.05]And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M.16 [01:35.46] [01:36.70]And what's this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means [01:41.38] [01:42.36]God help me [01:43.20] [01:46.81]I was only nineteen [01:48.71] [01:54.11]A four week operation any step could be your last one on two legs [02:00.09] [02:00.86]It was a war within yourself [02:02.76] [02:05.36]But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off [02:09.84] [02:10.97]So you closed your eyes and you thought about somethin' else [02:14.44] [02:16.89]Then someone yelled out Contact and the bloke behind me swore [02:21.74] [02:22.69]We hooked in there for hours then a God almighty roar [02:27.51] [02:28.59]Frankie kicked the mine the day that mankind kicked the moon [02:33.02] [02:33.97]God help me [02:34.76] [02:38.30]He was goin' home in June [02:39.71] [03:09.15]I can still see Frankie drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel [03:14.42]On a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau [03:17.93] [03:20.62]And I can still hear Frankie lyin' screamin' in the jungle [03:25.11] [03:26.02]'Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row [03:29.50] [03:31.75]And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears [03:36.83] [03:37.56]And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real [03:43.19]And I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel [03:48.21] [03:48.96]God help me [03:49.87] [03:53.60]I was only nineteen [03:55.35] [03:58.02]And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep [04:02.46] [04:03.54]And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet [04:08.22] [04:09.20]And what's this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means [04:14.10] [04:15.02]God help me [04:15.97] [04:19.42]I was only nineteen